Term 4, Week 3

Dear Parents and Carers,

We hope you have had a lovely week.

Thank you to all our junior pupils’ parents for encouraging them to sign up to our activities week so promptly. We hope to release confirmed trip details next week.

For today’s update, we’re simply including some key reminders from Mr Ewing about national exams, results day and revision.

Miss Claire Meakin
Head Teacher

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SQA Exam Update

We are now at the end of the second week of the SQA exams with Maths being the biggest day so far. The information below is a reminder to parents of the protocol should your child be too unwell to sit their exams and an overview of the appeals process

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​Exceptional Circumstance

The Examination Exceptional Circumstances Consideration Service (EECCS) supports learners who are either:

• unable to attend the exam or prevented from completing the exam due to a personal circumstance outwith their control (such as a medical issue) or
• affected during the exam by a disruption, or other exam circumstance, reported by the chief invigilator

It is available for all exams that appear in the exam timetable.
There is no charge for this service.
Only schools, may submit requests. they have experienced a valid exam exceptional circumstance

• they have completed all the compulsory non-question paper components
• an estimate has been submitted for them
• alternative evidence is available

The service is not available to learners who complete the exam, even if they feel they have underperformed due to a personal circumstance beyond their control. Learners who have underperformed relative to their estimate will be eligible for the 2022 appeals service.
If your child is not able to attend an exam, they should contact Mr Ewing neil.ewing@glow.orkneyschools.org.uk as soon as possible on the day of the exam

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Appeals Service

If on results day a pupil feels their result is lower than expected, they may be able to appeal that result.
Appeals can be prioritised if pupils have a conditional place at university or college. There is no charge for appeals.
Eligibility criteria for Appeals 2022 are in place to support fairness and to ensure that learners are accessing the service on an equitable basis. Therefore, the following criteria must be met:

• Learner’s estimate is greater than their certificated grade. For example, if the learner’s exam result is a grade C but their estimate was a grade B.
• All centres must submit an estimate to SQA for each learner per subject/level. Estimated bands of zero or blank will not be eligible.
• Learners must have taken and/or submitted all coursework and formal assessments including exams.
• At least one component of the course assessment must be marked by SQA. Fully internally assessed courses are not eligible for appeals

The deadlines for submitting a priority appeal are:

• Learner direct - Tuesday 16 August at 11.59 pm
• Centres - Friday 19 August at 5 pm

Results of all priority appeals will be released to centres on Monday 5 September and sent to UCAS on Tuesday 6 September.
 The deadlines for submitting all other appeals are:

• Learner direct - Tuesday 30 August at 11.59 pm
• Centres – Friday 2 September at 5 pm

Further details on Exceptional Circumstances and Appeals can be found here:
Support services for National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher learners (sqa.org.uk)

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Exam Timetables

The Exam timetable, study support and results day resources can be found here. Pupils were issued with personalised timetable in school earlier this week.
Exam timetable and learner apps - SQA

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​Results day

This year's results day is Tuesday 9th August. Pupils can sign up to get their results by text and details are in the Your Exams link below
Your Exams 2022 (sqa.org.uk)

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Immersion timetable

There will be a series of immersion events during study leave across the school to support pupils in the days leading up to their exams. The immersion timetable has been sent to pupils and is also on the KGS website

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Studying in school during exam leave

When a pupil has finished an exam, they should leave school. S1 to S3 pupils are still working in classes so it is important that disruption is kept to a minimum.

We have had quite a few pupils studying in school and pupils are very welcome to do so but can all pupils please:

• Wear dress code (top layer)
• Sign and out of school only at the following times: start of the day, break and lunch time and at the end of the school day. This will be strictly enforced.
• Be prepared to study and not to socialize

​Pupils not studying will be asked to go home.